VDB
CVE-2008-3896
CVE-2008-3896
PUBLISHED
CVSS 2.0999999046325684 LOW
Grub Legacy 0.97 and earlier stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.
EPSS 0.14% · 33.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
2.0999999046325684
EPSS Score
0.14%
33.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| gnu | grub_legacy | *, 0, 0.92 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Sep 3, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- 20080825 [IVIZ-08-009] Grub Legacy Security Model bypass exploiting wrong BIOS API usage mailing-list
- 4206 third-party-advisory
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/preboot-patch.html url
- http://www.ivizsecurity.com/research/preboot/preboot_whitepaper.pdf url
- 4204 third-party-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3896 advisory